Former sailor jailed over nightclub attack

Two years before former Australian navy sailor Matthew Evans tied up a seaman and stole weapons from a patrol boat, he was filmed knocking a man unconscious in a vicious attack outside a Darwin nightclub.

Matthew Evans, 26, was today jailed for two and a half years over the incident on HMAS Bathurst on November 29 last year, in which he threatened a sailor with a knife and stole $8000 worth of guns, and for assaults outside Darwin nightspots in 2010.

The victim of one of the assaults spoke with A Current Affair about the ordeal tonight after CCTV footage of the incident was released.

Evans is seen in the video punching a man in the face before dragging him unconscious into the middle of the road outside the Throb nightclub.

Moments later, he launches a vicious attack on a second man outside the club.

Dean Verlassco was the second man seen being punched in the video.

He told A Current Affair he was set upon by Evans after being ejected from the venue.